Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good This powerful debut is the

This powerful debut is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for fiction

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Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good This powerful debut is theBrimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made a must read for word mavens. While most of us might take dictionaries for granted, the process of writing them is in fact as lively and dynamic as language itself. With sharp wit and irreverence, Kory Stamper cracks open the complex, obsessive world of lexicography from the agonizing decisions about what and how to define, to the knotty questions of